The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

Lysandra Ohrstrom — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:50:21 -0400

After more than a decade battling with the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the Skyloft building at 145 Hudson Street is finally ready for occupancy. Here's a look inside the sprawling, $34.5 million penthouse. [Daily Intelligencer]

Hipsters are reveling in the last free summer concert series at McCarren Pool before the makeshift concrete arena once again becomes a spot for swimming. [NY Times]

A photographer who chronicled the growth of the homeless population in Tompkins Square Park in the 1980s is releasing a book as the 20th anniversary of the riots there approaches. [The Villager]

Curbed has dispensed with its weekly run-down of celebrity real estate deals in favor of a monthly mega-update, mapped for your convenience. [Curbed]

A group of drag queens has slapped Rockefeller Center with a discrimination suit for allegedly forcing them to disperse while they were taking photos. [Gothamist]

The 25 top activities to do before summer ends. [Time Out NY]

A writer known by the nom de plume "Leveraged Sellout" is releasing an account of life on Wall Street August 5 called Damn it Feels Good To Be a Banker: And Other Baller Things You Only Get To Say If You Work On Wall Street. Here are a few excerpts that will either make you feel a little better or a little worse about the state of the economy. [Dealbreaker]

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The Afternoon Wrap: Friday